Reflexões sobre a moeda social e seu poder de comercialização em comunidades

Abstract

The starting point for this work was the understanding of the social currency as an instrument of economic-social construction in Brazilian communities, given its repercussion on the increase in the circulation of money between buying and selling practices in the country. We focus, therefore, on the contributions of economic sociology to reflect on the economic role and rationalization of social life traditionally portrayed in the studies on currencies, to propose a look of social strengthening in communities that have adhered to this instrument as a bargaining tool. In order to be able to present the theme, we will discuss how the circulation of the social currency contributes to the (re) configuration of a local economy, as well as to discuss its role in the inclusion of the individual in the economic process, also discoursing on the reflexes and real cost of its cultural production. Nonetheless, we will bring to the stage of the theoretical reflections proposed here the symbolic cataloging of the 103 existing and circulating currencies in Brazil - data released by the National Secretariat for Solidarity Economy - to corroborate the importance of noting about the phenomenon of social currency in Brazil. contemporary sociological setting. The methodology used to develop this work is the literature review. In order to do so, we consulted the works of authors representing economic sociology and solidarity economy to justify the choice of the theme proposed here, as well as to base it and discuss it according to social thought.